Indicator for timepieces



May 15, 1923.

D. P. GLE SON INDI CATOR FOR TIMEPIECES Filed'June ll 1921 Patented May 15, 1923.

UNITED STATES DORA I. GLEASON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

INDICATOR FOR TIMEPIEGES.

Application filed June 11, 1921.

To (all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Dona P. GLnAsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in an Indicator for Timepieces, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to cooperate with clocks or other time pieces to indicate transition of time.

Another object is to provide means especially adapted to be used in hospitals and sick rooms to designate the time when medicine, etc, is to be next administered to a patient.

These and other objects are at ained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a clock having mounted upon it a device embod -ging my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a device embodying my invention.

My invention comprises a flat band A, preferably made out of a strip of spring steel having mounted upon its opposite ends the clasps a and a. The clasps a and a extend about that portion of the band intermediate the ends of the band, whereby it is possible to vary the diameter of the circular form given to the band by moving the clasps circumferential about the band. A pointer B is at one of its ends mounted upon the band and the other, or free end thereof, is pointed or spear-headed as shown at 7) The free end of the pointer extends radially to-- ward the center of the band.

The band is readily mounted upon a time piece, such as an alarm cloclc C, so that the band is substantially concentric with the dial or face 0 of the clock. The free end of the pointer therefore extends radially of the clock face, and by moving the band about the clock body, the pointer may be moved to various positions so as to extend over any of the gradnations upon the face of the clock. If desired the, pointer 13 may be slidably mounted upon the band A, but I have found that satisfactory results are attained by fixedly mounting the pointer upon the band and slidably operating the band about the clock in order to vary the position of the Serial No. 476,928.

pointer. The pointer is preferably given. a distinguishing color, such as red, so as to readily call attention to its position.

lVe will assume that a patient has had his medicine administered at 2 oclocl: (see Fig. l) and that the next administration should be made at 3 ocloclr. The pointer would then be set as shown in Fig. 1, and when the small or hour hand 0 of the clock registers with the pointer B, the nurse or at tendant will snow that it is time to again administer to the patient This device is of great value in hospitals and other institutions where many patients i'l'lUSll be cared for at different and varying times.

This device also l utility in the kitchen wher by the house. ifo may time her cooking. wing, etc. Conditions in unlimited number may be referred to in which the device may be used to accomplish the objects stated. A number of pointers may be mounted on the hand if desired. It is thereit'ore possible to use the device in a hospital w "l and if desired give distinguishing colors to the pointers corresponding to similar colors on various beds in the word so that the attendant will readily determine when a given patient is to be again administered to. If desired the pointers may be hingedly mounted on a sleeve 7) slidable upon the band to permit movement of the pointers from over the face of the clock.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of tie class described the combination of a band adapted to be mount ed on a time-piece and a pointer hingedly mounted on the band adapted to assume a position over the face of the time-piece and a position spaced from the face of the timepiece.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a band adapted to be mount.- ed on a timepiece, a sleeve slidably mounted on the hand, a hinge mounted on the sleeve, and a pointer carried by the hinge, the pointer being capable of movement to and ;I' face of the time- T0211 a position over the piece.

In testimony whereof, subscribed my name this 1921.

I have hereunto 9th day of June,

DORA P. GLEASON. 

